Posted on Jan 14, 2023
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is banning 'Latinx' from state documents
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blesse
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..."Though, the term is not popular in the Latino community. Sanders noted in the executive order that according to Pew Research data, only 23% of Latino adults in the U.S. have heard of the term, and of that, only 3% use it.
"One can no more easily remove gender from Spanish and other romance languages than one can remove vowels and verbs from English," she said.
All state departments and agencies in Arkansas now have 60 days to replace "Latinx" with "Hispanic," "Hispanics," "Latino," "Latinos," "Latina" or "Latinas."
..."Though, the term is not popular in the Latino community. Sanders noted in the executive order that according to Pew Research data, only 23% of Latino adults in the U.S. have heard of the term, and of that, only 3% use it.
"One can no more easily remove gender from Spanish and other romance languages than one can remove vowels and verbs from English," she said.
All state departments and agencies in Arkansas now have 60 days to replace "Latinx" with "Hispanic," "Hispanics," "Latino," "Latinos," "Latina" or "Latinas."
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